Metal Door Frames

[tdevans]

I'm currently in the process of renovating a 1940 / 50's Ex Council House...

On deciding to lightly sand the door frames to enable a better base for painting - I have discovered that the door frames are metal ??

I have never seen, or heard of this before..

We had considered replacing them, but I'm just wondering if they could be structural ?

Any info would be greatly appreciated... Along with advice on the best way to strip them

many thanks

 

[breezer]

they are very common, whole steel french doors (with added glass)

whole window frames in steel, seen loads, there is an area a few miles from here called "tin town" guess why, yes the houses are made from steel (ok stell clading) and guess what the windows are made from........

oh to stip them try paint stripper

 

[Richard C]

Our very first 1950’s ex-corporation house had steel door frames & I managed to re-use one removed from a wall I demolished during the changes we did there so it still matched the rest. It was a bugger to get out though as the casing profile was filled with cement.

They frames were pre-formed & used on many of the very large council/corporation housing estates that were built in the 50’s as quick way of forming accurate door openings as the build went up without the need for a chippy. They were a direct replacement for timber frames & do not necessarily denote they are structural; although this may be possible I suppose.